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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the inner ear.

Anatomy

• Membranous labyrinth
• Bony labyrinth
• Auditory system
• Vestibular system

Auditory system

• Cochlea
• Cochlear duct
• Scala media

General cochlea

• Vestibular duct
• Helicotrema
• Tympanic duct
• Modiolus
• Cochlear cupula

Perilymphatic space

• Perilymph
• Cochlear aqueduct

Cochlear duct/scala media

• Reissner's/vestibular membrane
• Basilar membrane
• Reticular membrane
• Endolymph
• Stria vascularis
• Spiral ligament
• Organ of Corti
  • stereocilia
  • tip links
• Tectorial membrane
• Sulcus spiralis
  • externus
  • internus
• Spiral limbus

Cells

• Claudius cell
• Boettcher cell

Vestibular system

• Vestibule of the ear
• Semicircular canal

Vestibule

• Utricle
  • macula
• Saccule
  • macula
• Kinocilium
• Otolith
• Vestibular aqueduct
  • endolymphatic duct
  • endolymphatic sac
• Canalis reuniens

Semicircular canals

• Superior semicircular canal
• Posterior semicircular canal
• Horizontal semicircular canal
• Ampullary cupula
• Ampullae
  • crista ampullaris

Auditory and vestibular pathways

Hearing

• Hair cells
• Spiral ganglion
• Cochlear nerve ^VIII

Balance

• Vestibular nerve ^VIII

Diseases

• Equilibrioception
• Hearing (sense)

Equilibrioception

• Vertigo/Balance disorder: peripheral
  • Ménière's disease
  • BPPV
  • Vestibular neuronitis (Labyrinthitis)
  • Perilymph fistula
• central (Central positional nystagmus)

Hearing

Impairment

• Conductive hearing loss
  • Otosclerosis
  • Superior canal dehiscence
• Sensorineural hearing loss
  • Presbycusis
  • Cortical deafness
• Nonsyndromic deafness

Excessive response

• Tinnitus
• Hyperacusis/Phonophobia

Deafblindness

• Wolfram syndrome
• Usher syndrome

Other

• Auditory processing disorder
• Spatial hearing loss

Procedures

• Mastoidectomy
• Epley maneuver